bug#69457: unable to place two menu-choice widgets on same line

[martyhiatt]

hi mauro,

thanks a lot for your response.

On 2/29/24 01:17, Mauro Aranda wrote:
> Yes, you need to control the :format for the choices to accomplish this, at 
> least.
>
> > some example code i have:
> >
> > (defun lem-ui-return-item-widgets (list)
> >    "Return a list of item widgets for each item, a string, in LIST."
> >    (cl-loop for x in list
> >             collect `(choice-item :value ,x)))
>
> So, how about adding something like:
> :format "%[%t%] "
> here?
>
> Did you try that?

thanks a lot, this works. i see now i had been shedding tears fighting with the 
menu-choice :format, not realizing i needed to wrangle the children elements 
instead. glad i asked the widget expert. %v also seems to work here, right?
> > (defun lem-ui-widget-format (str &optional binding)
> >    "Return a widget format string for STR, its name.
> > BINDING is a string of a keybinding to cycle the widget's value."
> >    (concat "%[" (propertize str
> >                             'face 'lem-ui-widget-face
> >                             'lem-tab-stop t)
> >            "%]: %v"
> >            binding))
> >
> > ;; then within a buffer display function:
> >   (widget-create 'menu-choice
> >                       :tag "Listing"
> >                       :value type
> >                       :args (lem-ui-return-item-widgets lem-listing-types)
> >                       :help-echo "Select a listing type"
> >                       :format (lem-ui-widget-format "Listing") ; "C-c C-c")
>
> What's the intention with the "C-c C-c"? Could it go at the end of the :format 
> suggestion I gave above?

yes, with the above :format it should work.

thanks again for chiming in and helping me out!

marty